Curated Stuff: Week of June 26

Financial News

I subscribe to Jim Cramer’s Action Alerts plus blog. It’s pretty ok for general financial news and they share their charitable trust portfolio. Here’s this weeks’ report and latest portfolio. If I could go back, I would subscribe to the Motley Fool newsletter instead. Cramer’s team focuses on stability while the Motley Fool seems to look for stocks with potential to run.

Cryptocurrency:

Early in the week, the crypto market was volatile. See below snapshot of Monday’s onslaught. The market did recover. Ripple (XRP) is still holding on at 0.25 cents. I’m considering selling some when it hits around 0.30.

Looking to buy some Monero (XMR). It’s slowly becoming the currency for the darkweb. It’s a currency focused on privacy. It uses ring signature algorithms to hide the sender’s address, amount of the transaction, and recipient.

The two other screenshots below show a) the hype and popularity of Blockchain, and b) Bitcoin in perspective.

Other Interesting News:

Indian Prime Minister Modi visits the Whitehouse. He is the first foreign dignitary to have dinner with President Trump in the Whitehouse. Discussion topics included India buying natural gas and airplanes from the US. Not discussed, H1-B visas.